Lady&#39;s trimmed hat



E. M. ACH

LADYYS TRIMMED HAT Filed Aug.l3, 1925 June 7, 1927.

attmmugt Patented June 7, 1927 U-NITEDFSTATES PAT'ENT'OFFICE.

r AGH, OF CINCINNATI, -OHIO,-ASSIGNO R TO'THE SAMUEL ACH' COMPANY, OF

CINCINNATL'OHIQ, A CORPORATION OF 0HIO.

. LADYS TRIMMED HAT.

I Application filed August 13, -1925.- Serial mfsopss.

"* Thisinvention relates to improvements in ladies trimmed hats, particularly toareadyto-wear product, adapting the sameto be conveniently and quickly; fitted or adjusted to-various headsizes Without alteration to the, outer coverings or lining or removal of the trimmings, and to the-method of making the hat. i

Under, the prevailing fashion and style of ladies hair dressing it is desirable to have the'hat' fit close upon the head, special fitting of the hat to thehead of the wearer being required for obtaining an appropriate setting. Trimmed hats generally represent a suitably shaped crown form or frame of a sized buckram material, a covering which may include ornamental trimmings applied over the form or frame to cover the exterior and a lining covering the interior of the form or frame.

These forms or frames are made in a very limited range of sizes, and which it would not be desirable or feasible to increase for it would be of no avail to meet the conditions, as ladies trimmed hats for each par ticular design are not merchandised' to a dealer in different head size lots, the variation being particularly to style or design. Therefore alteration for head sizes usually is required for each customer, calling for the services of a milliner, adding to the cost of the headwear, which is detrimental to merchandising ready-to-wear apparel.

The present improvement has for an object the construction of ladies trimmed hats complete in millinery and tailoring, having a split rim where the hat is provided with a rim and a split crown adapting the parts to be drawn together and overlapped or adjusted to vary its band dimension and to size it to the head of the wearer.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will be more fully set forth in the description of the accompanying drawing forming a part of the specification, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a ladys hat formed embodying my improvement.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of a trimmed and finished hat.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3-3, Fig. 1, showing the cut-out portion of the crown and the flap.

Figure 4 is a cross section of a portion of the crown frame at the cut-outside illustrating the covering. and lining bordering along the outline ofthe cut-out.

It is a general practice in the manufacture I of some types of ladies hats to employ a fabric form, or frame suitably shaped as a base over which covering and liningmate rials are applied. The form or frameis preferably made of a sized buckram pressed into a desircd crown configuration, either with or withoutriln and modeled for producing a particular fashion, of hat. These forms or frames are principally made from a'single piece of material althoughnot necessa rily so, only its integrality is desirable as it admits'more convenient blocking and gives permanency to its blocked form. These forms or frames commercially are made to several sizes and ordinarily in the process of millinery are fitted to aparticular head size as by the insertion of a bandeau and linings, a custom made job which is avoided in the present invention.

Any of the commercial fabric hat forms may be employed, and referring to the drawings 1 indicates the crown of a hat form and 2 a suitably shaped fabric rim, which may be of a separate piece of material stitched or otherwise secured to the base edge of the crown. The rim may be integral of the crown although in the separable form greater latitude is offered as various types and forms of rim may be applied to a given shape of crown.

A portion of thecrown at one side is cut out, or slitted, the drawings showing a cutout of curved or semi-oval outline as indicated in dotted lines 3. A lap piece 4, preferably of a sized fabric is secured at one end of the crown cut-out and that of the flap may be of various designs most adaptable for the particular design of hat. The flap as shown is partially bound with a binding tape 6 enclosing wirereinforcement to give it increased stiffness and edge thickness, and the outer edges of the rim 2 may be similarly bound. The rim 2 is of split form, with one end 7 extending beyond the crown cut-out, to provide for a suitable overlap of the ends thereof in the finished hat in its normal hat size.

In a preferred method of making the hat,

the crown is lined, and covered, without the flap. Likewise the exposed opposite side of the rim is covered, following the usual methods employed in millinery, except that the lining and covering are brought to a border edge following the outline of the crown cutout. The flap individually is suitably covered on both sides, the outer side having a rosette 8 or other ornamental trimming. Such covered flap is then for a portion of its outline permanently secured to the extended rim portion 9 and covered crown, lapping over the crown side opening. This permits the crown to be contracted to a desired hat size dimension after which the free end of the flap in its adjusted position is pinned, stitched or otherwisefastened to the crown to hold the parts secure. In Inerchandizing the hat one end of the flap is free to permit making an immediate adjustment. The finished hat in display bears no effects of the adjustment features nor is it limited to any particular style or design of hat, although it might be more adaptable in some designs over others.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. A ladys hat comprising a crown portion having an opening at one side, the opening being of semi-oval form extending from the base line of the crown upwardly into the crown and asplit rim adapting the crown to be retracted for adjusting the head band dimension thereof the rim extending beyond said crown opening for overlapping the rim ends in retracting the crown, and a flap covering said crown opening secured to the crown.

2. A ladys trimmed hat, comprising a crown frame having at one side a portion thereof cut out, covering material applied over the crown, bordering along the outline of the cut-out, adapting the crown to be retracted, and an ornamental trimming applied over said cut-out portion of the crown constituting a flap for securing the crown to an adjusted head band dimension.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name.

ERNEST M. ACH. 

